Catcher&#39;s glove



Oct. 5 1926.

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D.J.KENNEDY S GLOVE CATCHER Filed June 9, 1926 2 Sheets-Shee 2 avwe mtozPatented Dot. 5, 1926.

UNITED STATES DANIEL J. KENNEDY, OF YONKERS, ,NEW YORK CATCHERS GLOVE.

Application filed June 9,1926. Serial 170.114,?71.

This invention aims to provide a pneumatic catchers glove so constructedthat it will withstand hard use without bursting. Another object-of theinvention is so to construct the cushion in the body portion of theglove that a concavity will be formed for the reception of the ball.Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for protectingthe wrist.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other'objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, Without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in perspective, a device constructed inaccordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section; V

Figure 3 is a sectional view wherein parts are broken away;

Figure 4 is a perspective showing one of the cushions; and

Figure 5 is a perspective showing a slight modification.

The glove forming the subject mattenof this application comprises a body1 which may be made of leather, a back 2 being connected about a portionof its periphery to the body 1, to form a compartment 3 into which thehand of the ball player may be inserted. A wrist guard 4: is secured tothe body 1 of the glove. The palm is marked by the numeral 5 andincludes an outer layer 6, generally made of leather, and an inner layer7, which may be of fabric, the inner layer 7 being a little larger thanthe outer layer 6, so that the periphery of the inner layer 7 willoverlap the edge of the body 1, as shown in Figure 2. The body 1 and theouter layer 6 of the palm 5 may be joined by a lacing cord 8. There is ade-' tachable connection between the main portion of the glove and thethumb 9, the said connection being, if desired, in the form of a strap10 connected to the main part of the glove and looped through an eye 11on the thumb 9. The strap 10 is held in the eye 11 by a simpleloop-buckle 12 of any desired sort.

Between the back 2 and the palm 5 there is located a main cushion 1 1,shown in Figure 1 in detail, the cushion being inflatablc. Themaincushion preferably is made of fabricated rubber and includes aninner annular tube 15, an intermediate annular tube 16, and an outerannular tube extended almost entirely around the tube 16,

the outer annular tube 17 having free ends 18. Reduced connections 19join the tube with the tube 16, and join the tube 16 with the tube 17.The cushion is inflated through a small flexible pipe 20, communicatingvith the outer annular tube 17, and, if desired, connected to a checkvalve 21 on the body portion of the glove. Owing to the fact that theseveral tubes 15, 16 and 17 are connected by the reduced connections 19,the cushion 14. will not hump in any particular place when it isinflated, nor will the cushionbe likely to break when it receives aheavy impact from a pitched ball. The tubes 15, 16 and 17 are ofdifferent diameter, the tube 17 being of the largest diameter in crosssection, the tube 15 being of the smallest diameter in cross section,and the tube 16 being of an intermediate diameter in cross section, allas shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. The result is that the cushion,considered as a whole, has a concavity into which the palm 5 extends, toform a cup 22 for the reception of the ball 23.

To the wrist guard 4 is attached a cover 23 which, like the wrist guard,is flexible. Between the cover 23 and the wrist guard 4: is located apair of flexible inflatable tubes 24,which may be made of rubberizedfabric, the tubes being connected by a reduced nipple 25, and air beingsupplied to one of the tubes 24 through a valve 26 mounted on the cover23. The tubes 24 extend crosswise of the wrist of the catcher andprotect the wrist from the impact of a ball, in the event that the ballis not received in the palm.

In Figure 5, parts hereinbefore described have been designated bynumerals previously used, with the suifix a.

The modification consists in making the wrist guard l separate from theglove proper, and in providing the wrist guard with holes 27, so thatthe wrist guard can be connected to the glove proper by lacing cord 8 ofFigure 1. i

What is claimed is 1. A catchers glove provided with an internal cushioncomprising spaced inflatable annular members disposed one within theother, reduced connections joining said members to hold them in therelative relation stated, and to provide for the passage of air betweenthem, and means for inflating said members, the outermost of saidmembers being of greater cross sectional area than the innermost of saidmembers, thereby to form, in thecushion, a depression into which thepalm of the glove fits.

2. A catchers glove provided with an interna-l cushion comprising spacedinflatable members, the inner of said members being of annular form, andthe outer of said members extending practically all of: the Way aroundthe inner of said members, but having free ends, reduced connectionsjoining said members to hold them in the relative relation stated, andto provide for the passage of air between them, and means for inflatingsaid members, the outer of said members being of greater cross sectionalarea than the inner of said members, thereby to detine a depression intowhich the palm of the glove fits.

A catchers glove comprising an inflatable palm cushion, and providedupon the palm side of its wrist with a separate inflatable wristcushion, and means whereby each cushion may be inflated independently ofthe othe 7 4C. In a device of the class described, a wrist cushion for aglove the parts of which are held together by a lacing cord, the wristcushion having means for engaging the cord,

DANIEL J. KENNEDY.

